Box-couch.



A. H. GREENLUND.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 21. 1908.

Patented Dc. 22, 1908.

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l UNITED STATESr PTENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. GREENLUND, OF .TAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO .IAMESTOWN LOUNGE COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOX-COUCH.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR I-I. GREEN- LU'ND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a Box-Couch, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention is an improvement in box couches, and relates more especially to that particular class which is provided with a special form of hinge and connections for moving the upholstered top bodily forward as it is raised, so that the box or base need not be moved away from the wall against which it may stand.

rl'he primary object ofmy present invention is to provide such a couch with a movable tray connected to the parts in such manner that when the lid or top of the couch is lowered said tray will be located within the upper part of the base or box at the front thereof, and when the lid or top is raised the tray will be elevated therewith and at a height to permit of easy access to the box 5 the connections being such that the tray will be at all times in a substantially horizontal position. Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, land what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent will be more specifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box couch provided with my invention, the lid or upholstered top being shown in raised position. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the couch with the lid or upholstered top lowered and the tray consequently lowered within the base or box. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the couch with the top or upholstered lid raised and the tray consequently elevated. Fig. 4 is a detail hereinafter referred to.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the base or body portion of the couch, which, as usual, is in the form of a rectangular-sha ed box, and 6 designates the lid or top whichis upholstered in any suitable manner. The hinge connection between the top and base of the couch consists in the present instance of an attaching plate 7 secured to the underside Specification of Letters'latent.

Application filed July 21, 1908.

in Fig. 3.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Serial No. 444,598.

of the top or lid at the rear end thereof and having a depending member 7, lifting levers 8 and 9 pivoted at the front and rear ends of the attaching plate, respectively, and extending therefrom at different inclinations for pivotal connection to an end of the base by means of attaching plates 10 and 11, and a tension spring 12 connected at one end to the depending member of the attaching plate 7 and at the other end to a plate 13 secured to the end piece of the base near the front thereof, said spring exerting a tension which will assist in the raising of the lid or upholstered top. As will be readily seen the lifting levers act to move the upholstered top bodily forward when the same is raised so that the base or box need not' be moved away from the wall against which it may be placed.

This particular form of hinge is shown in the Re-issue Patent No.-11,S34, granted to Julius T. Seng June 26th, 1900, and it will be understood that I do not claim the same as an essential part of my invention, but merely to show its application to one form of hinge of this type. 4

` In carrying out my invention I employ in the first place a tray 14, of suitable depth and such size as to t within the base or box 5 between the hinge connections hereinbefore described. This tray is connected at its upper rear corners to the underside of the top or lid 6 by means of suitable hinges, as 15, the location of the hinges with respect to the top or lid being such that the tray will occupy the forward part of the box or base when said top or lid is lowered, as shown in Fig. 2, and will be elevated a distance above the box or base when the top or lid is raised, as shown Connected to each end of the tray and to one of the lifting-levers, as 9, of each hinge connection, is a link or lever 16, the purpose of which levers is to liftrand maintain the tray in a substantially horizontal position during the operation of raising and lowering the lid or top of the couch. As will be seen, there is a link or lifting-lever 16 at each end of the tray, and each of such levers is pivoted at its outer end to the end of the tray by means of an attaching-plate 17, and at its opposite or inner end directly to the rear liftin -lever 9 at an intermediate point, as at 18. n order that the lifting-lever for the `tray may escape the parts of the hinge connection, that end thereof which is connected to the lifting-lever 9 is preferably bent in the form of a loop, 19, as shown more clearly in Fig. 4.

As will be obvious, the purpose of the connecting levers 16 is to maintain the tray in a substantially horizontal position at all times, as well as during the raising and lowering of the lid of the couch, and this is effected in the present instance by connecting said levers to a convenient point of a movable part of the hinge-connection for the couch-lid.

The tray is preferably hinged to the couchlid at about the center thereof, so that when the lid is raised said tray will be elevated a distance above the base or box which will permit of easy access to the latter in placing articles therein, and of course the width of the tray is such that its forward end will be at or adjacent the front end of the box or base when the lid is lowered. As will be seen the tray provides the box-couch with an extra receptacle to receive articles of clothing, etc., and which will be automatically removed from the couch upon raising the lid so that access may be readily had to such articles placed in the bottom of the box or base.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new and. desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

l. In a box couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, and hinge connecting the lid to the box, of a tray hinged to the lid, and a lever connected to the tray and to a movable part of the hinge, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. ln a box-couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, and hinge connecting the lid to the box, of a tray hinged at its rear end to the underside of the lid, and a lever pivoted at one end to the tray and at the other end to a movable part of the hinge, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a box-couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, and hinge connecting the lid to the base or box, of a tray hinged at its rear end to the underside of the lid at the centerl portion thereof, and a pair of levers each pivoted to an end of the tray and to a movable part of the hinge, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a box-couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, and hinge connecting the lid to the base or box, said hinge comprising lifting levers adapted to move the lid bodily forward as it is raised, of a tray hinged to the underside of the lid, and a lever pivoted to the tray and to one of the liftinglevers of the aforesaid hinge, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

5. ln a box-couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, and hinge connecting the lid to the base or box, said hinge comprising lifting-levers adapted to move the lid bodily forward as it is raised, of a tra hinged at its rear end to the underside of the lid at the center portion thereof, and a lever pivoted at one end to the tray and at the other end to one of the lifting levers of the aforesaid hinge.

6. In a box-couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, Iand hinge connecting said arts, said hinge comprising an attaching-p ate secured to the underside of the lid at the rear end thereof, lifting-levers connected respectively to the front and rear ends of the attaching-plate and projecting therefrom at different inclinations for pivotal connection to the base or box, and a spring connected to the attaching-plate and to the base or box of a tray hinged at its rear end to the underside of the lid, and a lever pivoted at one end to the tray and at thel other end to one of the aforesaid liftinglevers of the hinge, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a box-couch, the combination with the base or box, lid, and hinge connecting said parts, said hinge comprising an attaching-plate secured to the underside of the lid at the rear end thereof, lifting-levers connected respectively to the front and rear ends of the attaching-plate and projecting therefrom at different inclinations for pivotal connection to the base or box, and a spring connected to the attaching-plate and to the base or box g of a tray hinged at its rear end to the underside of the lid' at the center portion thereof, and a lever' ivoted at one end to the outer portion of tie tray and at the other end to one of the aforesaid lifting-levers of the hinge, that end of the lever which is pivoted to the lifting-lever being formed with a loop to esca e the other parts of the hinge, substantialljy as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR H. GREENLUND.

Witnesses:

T. D. HANGHETT, L. N. OLMsTED. 

